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Peter Samis

peter_samis_200.jpgPeter Samis is Associate Curator of Interpretation at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). In 1993, he served as art historian for the first CD-ROM on modern art, and then spearheaded development of SFMOMA’s Interactive Educational Technologies (IET) program. Since then, programs produced by the IET team have received wide recognition from sources as diverse as the American Association of Museums, the Webbys, Communication Arts, and I.D. Magazine. Samis is on the governing councils of two museum-focused open source initiatives: Pachyderm 2.0 (www.pachyderm.org) and steve (www.steve.museum). Together with his team, he continues to produce innovative content for SFMOMA’s galleries, website, podcasts, and Koret Visitor Education Center.

One Response to “Peter Samis”

  1. adaptive path » blog » Peter Merholz » UX Week 2008 - New speakers, including Bruce Sterling Says:
    April 24th, 2008 at 8:17 am

    […] architect for TheDailyShow.com Audrey Chen, and human-robot interaction designer Aaron Powers. Peter Samis, curator at SFMOMA, will discuss the design of the whole visitor experience for their upcoming […]

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